University of Kent

Microbiology - MSc

University of KentCanterbury, United Kingdom

Course overview

Our Microbiology course provides research expertise, with a strong molecular focus with leading-edge activities that are synergistic with one another and complementary to the teaching provision. You'll gain professional skills in contemporary microbiology, opening up a future career in academic research or in the healthcare sector. Based in a research lab, you’ll undertake research on a project agreed with your research supervisor.

On a research-focused Master's course, you will take an interactive approach to learning, rather than attending traditional lectures. Seminars, workshops and lab meetings will enable you to gain an in-depth understanding of the field. We offer a wide range of Master’s research projects for you to choose from.

Research in the School of Biosciences focuses on biological processes at the molecular and cellular level and spans the disciplines of genetics, biochemistry, biotechnology and biomedical research. Gain cross-disciplinary training from genetic engineering to drug development. Your research will contribute to a range of fields including infectious diseases, cellular architecture and dynamics and industrial biotechnology.

Gain research expertise and professional skills in contemporary microbiology, opening up a future career in academic research or in the health-care sector. Our academic staff are leading experts in microbiology, ensuring you receive the best possible supervision. Find out about the staff who are open to supervising research students, together with their research interests.

The School is among the best-funded departments of its kind in the UK, and our well-equipped laboratories provide an excellent environment for both teaching and research. Choose an area that interests you from our wide range of Master’s research projects. Once you have identified a project and a potential supervisor, please contact them directly by email to discuss the possibility of undertaking an MSc under their supervision.

Please outline your interest in the research project, supply a CV including all relevant experience and details of how you will fund your study. After securing a project and a supervisor, you can proceed to make an online application for this course (click 'Apply now').

Key highlights

  • Research-based project in a lab with a dedicated supervisor
  • Strong molecular focus in contemporary microbiology
  • Taught through seminars, workshops and lab meetings, not lectures
  • Cross-disciplinary training from genetic engineering to drug development
  • Research spans infectious diseases and industrial biotechnology
  • Well-equipped laboratories in one of the UK's best-funded departments

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — to include acceptable subject; or above

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship

    Scholarship value up to £10,000.

  • Kent Business School Beaconhouse PG Progression Scholarship

    Tuition fee discount scholarship of £6,000.

    Up to £6,000

  • Kent Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship Award

    Awards of up to £3,000

  • Kent Business School MBA Scholarship

    50% off Tuition Fee.

    Up to 50% of fees

  • Kent Graduate Scholarship

    20% fee reduction for post-graduate taught programmes at the University of Kent.

    Up to 20% of fees

  • Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught

    Scholarship value - £5000

    Up to £5,000

  • Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught (KBS)

    Scholarship value £3000

    Up to £3,000

  • Kent LLM Solicitors’ Practice Scholarship (Canterbury)

    £2,000 tuition fee discount (Home Students); £2,000 tuition fee discount (Overseas Students).

    Up to £2,000

  • Sasha Roberts Scholarship

    £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

    Up to £3,000

  • The “Ambition” Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

    £1,500 for Full Time UK students; £750 per year for Part Time UK students; £3,000 for Full Time Overseas students.

  • The CAMEMS Scholarship

    £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

    Up to £3,000

  • The Widening Participation Ambition Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

    £5,000 for UK students (£2,500 per year for part time students).

Careers this course leads to

  • Research Scientist
  • Microbiologist
  • Clinical Scientist (Microbiology)
  • Biomedical Scientist
  • PhD Researcher
  • Research Technician

Cost of study

UK/Home: £5,238 per year | International: £23,500 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Kent, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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